Candle-holder



(No Model.)

B. M. OBOYLAN.

CANDLE HOLDER. Y No. 338,099. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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BERNARD M. OBOYLAN, OF CORNING, OHIO.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFZECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,099, dated March16, 1886.

Application filed August 10, 1885.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, BERNARD M. OBOYLAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corning, in the county of Perry and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Candle Holders and Adjusters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved candleholder and guard-plate fordetachable connection to soeketed candlesticks, by which means areprovided for supporting candles of various diameters, and also forcatching the drip.

The invention consists of a concaved metal dish or guard-plate having apair of elastic concaved ngers attached centrally to its upper surface,and a pair of spring-catches secured to its under side, said fingers andcatches being held securely in place by means of a nut and aspur-pointedscrew, the latter serving also as a point of attachment for the candleand to prevent any liability of displacement.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a viewof my improved candle-holder and guard-plate. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of the same attached to a Candlestick.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a slightly-concavedmetal disk or dish, which serves as a guard-plate or dripcup forcatching drip from the candle as it is consumed. To the upper surface ofthis guardplate is attached 4a pair of concaved elastic iingers, 2,which consist of a metallic strip of proper width, having its oppositeends bent up at right angles to the central portion, 3, of said strip.rlhe upward-bent ends that constitute the elastic iingers 2 are concavedlongitudinally, as shown, to conform to the cylindrical shape of thecandle, and, being formed of spring metal,are sufficiently elastic tograsp candles of various diameters. The elastic iingers 2 are secured tothe guard-plate l by a screw-bolt, 4, passed through the centralportion, 3, of the metallic. strip from which said fingers are formed.This screw-bolt also serves to secure to the under side of theguard-plate a pair of spring-catches, which are made iu a manner similarto the elastic ingers 2-that is, from a strip of spring metal, with endsturned at a right angle to the central portion of the strip andconcaved. The metallic Serial No. 174,019. (No model.)

strip from which the spring-catches are formed may, however, be of lesswidth and length than that from which the elastic iingers are made. Itwill be observed that the elastic fingers 2 are braced by the connectingportion 3 of the strip from which they are formed,said connectingportion serving as a base from which the elasticity of the ngers isexerted. This is also true of the spring-catches 5 and theirconnecting-base 6. The connecting screwbolt 4 is passed up through thecenter of the guard-plate l. and through the respective bases 3 and 6 ofthe elastic fingers 2 and springcatches 5, and is secured by a nut, 7,on the upper side ofthe guard-plate. It will be observed that the screw4 projects somewhat above the connecting-base of the elastic fingers,and, be-

ing provided with a sharpened end or spur,

serves as a point of attachment for the lower end of the candle, whichcan be pressed down thereon, thus obviating any liability of accidentaldisplacement.

The spring-catches 5 are made of any required length or conformation tofit candlestick-sockets of various sizes.

When the device is in position upon a candlestick, a candle of anyordinary thickness can be readilyinserted within the elastic lingers 2,and upon the upward-projecting ends of the screw 4, and as it isconsumed, or when reduced greatly in length, the candle' can be raisedwithin the elastic fingers until held by their upper ends only. By thismeans, therefore, a candle can be readily consumed to its end, while theguard-plate protects the candlestick or any object on which it may beplaced from drip and grease.

It will he observed that when a tall candle is inserted in the holder itcan be pressed down until its lower end is pierced by the sharp-pointedscrew-bolt 4, which thus serves to steady the candle and preventtoppling. After the candle has been partly consumed the shortened endcan be detached from the screw-point 4 and be adjusted vertically to anyrequired height, or until it is held by the elastic fingers 2 alone.

Vvhat I claimasmy invention isl. The combination, in a candle-holder, ofloo surface of said guard-plate, springcatches, base, 3, thesprngcatches 5, also having an also bent from a single metallic strip,with a integral base, 6, the spur-pointed screw-1301134, connecting-baseby which they are attached and the nut 7, substantially as described.

5 to the under side of said guard-plate, and a In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein I5 screw-bolt and nut for connecting theguardpresence of two Witnesses.

base, by which they are attached to the upper l tic lingers 2, having`an integral connectingi plate, ngers, and catches, substantially as de-BERNARD M. OBOYLAN.

scribed. Vitnesses:

2. The combination, in a cand1e-holder, of M. H. DONAHUE, 1o theconcaved guardpiate 1, the concaved elas- A. H. WARD.

